ACAC excel in SAC Fall Kickoff

Thursday

Oct 17, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Swimming is not high school football. But at the 2013 SAC Fall Kickoff in Pigeon Forge the Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers sure kicked the ball through the proverbial goal posts. “The kids did an amazing job considering it was the first meet of the 2013-2014 short course season,” said Coach Mike Bowman. “Up to now we have focused on technique, not so much on conditioning or times. But to have so many victories and so much improvement in times — you can’t ignore that.”

by Chip Fischer

Swimming is not high school football. But at the 2013 SAC Fall Kickoff in Pigeon Forge the Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers sure kicked the ball through the proverbial goal posts. “The kids did an amazing job considering it was the first meet of the 2013-2014 short course season,” said Coach Mike Bowman. “Up to now we have focused on technique, not so much on conditioning or times. But to have so many victories and so much improvement in times — you can’t ignore that.”

There were 50 ACAC swimmers. Many excelled at this meet. In the 8 and under group, Abigail King (8) was queen of this prom, winning 6 races and taking 2nd in her other 3. Quentin Vanatta (8) led the way for the boys.

In the 9-10 age group, Southeastern Swimming All-Star Jake Mason (9) swam like Adrian Peterson runs, winning 9 events and taking 2nd in his only other event. Southeastern Swimming All-Star Mason Fischer (9) won 2 breast stroke events for the girls and scored points with top 5 finishes in all 8 of her other races, once again making this dance a “Masonic Affair.”

The 11-12 group was spearheaded by Alison Craig (12) for the girls and Trevor Haisten (12) for the boys, who both scored points for our team.

The 13-14 group presented the world with a new “Fab Five.” It was a “Tale of Two Sydneys,” with Southeastern Swimming All-Star Sydney Goodman (13) winning 3 events and Sydney Ragsdale (14) 1. Stevie Logan (14) also won 2 events for the girls. For the boys, Southeastern Swimming All-Star Cameron Holcomb (13) won 2 events and Tyr Hondorf (14) won 1 event. Hondorf scored points with top 6 finishes in all 10 of his races.

Jonathan Goss dominated for the 15 and over boys, winning 4 events and placing in the top 4 in all 7 races he swam. Loki Hondorf won 3 events and took 4th in his other event. Margaret Stansberry (17) and Chandler Ott (17) battled for Homecoming Queen of this age group, with Stansberry winning 8 events, taking 2nd in one, and 3rd in her other race. Ott won 4 races and took 2nd in her other 5.